Automobile attachment.



L. P. HALLADAY. AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21,1910.

1,043,227. Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

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AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 21, 1910.

Patented Nov. 5, 1912. Serial No. 562,606.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS P. I'IALLADAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Automobile Attachments,of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to automobile attachments and has for its object toprovide means for maintaining the automobile or carriage top bows infixed position when not in use.

It is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 showsa side elevation of an automobile with the device attached Fig. sectionalong the line 22 33 of Fig. 2.

Like parts are indicated by the same letter in all the figures. a Thebows A, A, are pivoted at B to the automobile body in the usual mannerand support the usual top Q. The hanger D has the conical end D toengage the bracket I) upon the body of the machine. It is provided atits lower extremity with the arm D The cradle E is lield'by means of thedownwardly depending ring E and set screw E upon the pro ection D andsupports by means of the lug E and pivot E the tube E", slotted at E".

The spacing members Fare, grooved upon their two sides at F and have atone end the angular surfaces F, and are connected by means of the necksF to the flat, circular disks F which are loosely held within the tube Ein such manner that the niembersF' may be simultaneously rocked inplanes perpendicular to and parallel with the axis of the tube and mayalso be rotated about the passing through the neck F and perpendicularto the apex of the angular surfaces F The necks F are projected throughand loosely held within the slot E. The disks F are held adjustablybetween the bottom of the tube and the cross piece II by means of thesprings H II".

The cap J which surrounds the end of the tube E incloses the spring J isheld against: rotation by means of the lug J in the slot E and isadjustably held in position by the thumb screw J which is screw threadedinto the plug J in the end of the tube E The cap J is provided with theoutwardly extending hook J in opposition to the upper one of the lugs.The bearing lug E is notched at K to engage the latch K mounted upon thespring K upon the tube E It will be evident that whileIhave shown in mydrawings an operative device, still many changes might be made in size,shape, and arrangement of parts without departing materially from thespirit of my invention, and I wish therefore that my drawings beregarded as in a sense diagrammatic.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: When the top ofanautomobile is not in use it is folded over the back of the seat and ithas been thought that some means are necessary whereby the bows may berigidly held in proper position with re spect one to another to preventchafing of the bows and top and ultimate destruction of the apparatus.In order to do this, I provide a cradle rigidly mounted upon theautomobile upon which the rear bow of the top may rest. I provide also aplurality of spacing members pivotally connected to said cradle whichmay be inserted one between each pair of bows. I provide also a thumbscrew and retaining means for clamping all of the bows between saidspacing members and said cradle. These members have coinparatively sharpsurfaces to enable them conveniently to be inserted between the bows andthey are elastically mounted so. that difierence in size and angularityof the bows may be allowed for. By this means I provide a holding devicewhich effectually prevents any rubbing or displacement of the carriagebows and top and which is simple and easy to apply and convenient inuse. I provide a catch for maintaining the tube which supports saidspacing members in the .upper position when once it has been raised.

I claim: 7

1. The combination with a vehicle of a hanger, a'cradle mounted uponsaid hanger. a tube 'iivotally mounted upon said cradle. spacing memberssupported within and projecting from said tubt and-free at one end,springs interposed between said spacing members within the tube, and aclamping device slidably mounted upon the end of said tube.

2. The combination with a set of vehicle top bows, of spacers free atone end adapted to be inserted between adjacent hows. u

cradle upon which one of said bows rests, means for holding said bowsrigidly against said spacers and upon said cradle, a frame within whichsaid spacers are mounted, elastic means for holding said spacers inposition, said frame pivotally mounted upon said cradle.

3. The combination with a set of vehicle top bows, of adjustable meansfor holding sald bows in inoperative position, said means includingspacers between said bows, said spacers having sharpened edges providedwith depressions on either sides to engage the bows, a horizontallypivoted support for said spacers and means for attaching the spacersthereto so that they are slidable therealong.

4. The combination with a set of vehicle top bows, of a cradle, a tubepivotally mounted-thereupon, a hook slidably mounted upon one end'ofsaid tube, flat disks slidably mounted within said tube and having lugsprojecting laterally therefrom Without said tube, and springs interposedbetween said disks.

5. A bow holder comprising a bracket, a slotted tube pivotally mountedthereon and bers outwardly projecting therefrom, said.

disksslidable in a direction parallel with the tube, rotatable about anaxis formed by a continuation of one of the radii of said disks androtatable in a plane perpendicular to the tube and also in a planeparallel with u the tube.

6. A vehicle top bow holder comprising a support, a tube plvotallymounted upon the support to swing in a plane substantially perpendicularto the bows, spacers carried by the tube loosely hold thereon and havingan up and down and side to side rocking plane substantiallyperpenmovement together'with a rotary movement about their axes, andmeans for clamping said bows and said spacers together upon the support.I

LEWIS P. HALLADAY. 4 l/Vitnesses:

PAUL J. GATH MANN, Farmers WV. PARKER, Jr.

